Political Quotes

“Madam President, we have two other provisions that are in the National Defense Authorization Act that I want to briefly mention. First, we have a modified Brooks amendment in the conference report that says if there is any plan to deliver classified missile defense data to the Russians, the administration has to have a 60-day clock expire and then certify to the Congress that none of this data could end up in the hands of third parties, particularly the Iranians or Syrians. I wish to put the administration on notice that that certification probably cannot be made. Dmitry Rogozin, the lead negotiator on the missile defense for their government, has a close and continuing relationship with Iran. He is going to Iran next month. When we see the intelligence sharing and cooperation on missiles and on other weaponry, but especially discussions about a second nuclear reactor in Iran, I think we should all realize that any classified data on U.S. missile defense going to the Russians would be given to the Iranians. Remember, in missile combat between enemies of the United States and ourselves, everything would be over potentially in a matter of hours. If the Russians accomplish by diplomacy what they have failed to do by espionage, which is getting critical details of U.S. missile defense, and especially missile defenses of Poland and other key allies, we give only a few minutes to a few hours to the U.S.…”